![]() ![]() ![]() When they arrive at the camp, the third person narration shifts so that the young boy is the point of view character. She observes people closely and sneaks peeks out the windows of the train, even though the soldiers on the train tell her that she is supposed to keep the shades on the windows drawn. On the train the girl is the central character, and the reader has access to her thoughts. The second section, “Train,” focuses on the family’s transition from their first barracks to the second camp, where they remain for most of the book. She packs a bag for each of her children and gets them ready to depart for the internment camp. She kills the old stray dog that the family took care of and releases a pet bird. She then slowly and methodically packs up all her family’s belongings while the children are still at school. When she sees the sign, she abruptly goes home. The father has already been taken to a camp by the FBI, so the woman is living at home with only her two children, a boy and a girl. The story begins in Berkley when the mother of the family sees “Evacuation Order No. ![]()
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